Health

Disability , Health , Social Assistance

Globalnews Digital

6 months ago

People with disabilities ask feds to restore ‘hope’ and raise benefit amount – National

[ad_1] Heather Thompson would love to work. The 26-year-old dreams of going back to university to study politics and environmental...

Alberta health , Alberta Health Services , Genotropin , Health , Human Growth Hormone

Erik Bay

6 months ago

Edmonton family ‘hit a wall’ trying to refill 8-year-old son’s dwindling medication

[ad_1] Jaclyn Kuffel and John Jerrett’s eight-year-old son, Peter, was diagnosed with a human growth hormone deficiency after the parents...

Aldersyde , country lane estates , D-Bifunctional Protein Deficiency , generic disease , Health

Drew Stremick

6 months ago

Neighbours rally around 10-month-old boy with rare — and terminal — genetic disease

[ad_1] In a unassuming trailer in Country Lane Estates located on the north end of Aldersyde, Katie Zipser and Brendon...

AHS , Alberta health , Alberta Health Services , Alberta surgery delays , Health , Royal Alexandra Hospital

Phil Heidenreich

6 months ago

Woman frustrated by hip replacement delay at Edmonton hospital – Edmonton

[ad_1] A woman who is still waiting to find out when her hip replacement surgery will be scheduled at Edmonton’s...

Health

Abortion Battle

6 months ago

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban, reversing lower court ruling

[ad_1] The Georgia state Supreme Court reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban on Monday after a lower court allowed abortions...

Health

JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press

6 months ago

Supreme Court declines Biden’s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate...

Health

Dr. Faizah Shareef

7 months ago

US provides $72M to vaccine manufacturers to advance bird flu shot preparedness

[ad_1] Federal health officials announced Friday they are providing $72 million to vaccine manufacturers to help ensure currently available bird...

Health

Mary Kekatos

7 months ago

Flu vaccine lowered risk of hospitalization in Southern Hemisphere by 35%: CDC

[ad_1] This year’s flu vaccine significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization in the Southern Hemisphere but wasn’t as effective as...

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